Patents by Inventor David P. Kunkel

David P. Kunkel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120169087
    Abstract: A floor system configured for use with a storage container such as a trailer. The floor system includes an upper floor section including a plurality of upper floor boards made of glass fiber reinforced polymer, and a lower floor section including a plurality of lower floor boards made of glass fiber reinforced polymer. The upper floor boards are configured to extend along a length of the trailer and the lower floor boards are configured to extend across the width of the trailer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Patrick M. GRIFFIN, David P. KUNKEL
  • Publication number: 20100233503
    Abstract: A panel for a storage container, such as a trailer, for example, includes a first, generally planar layer and a second layer coupled to the first layer. The second layer is configured to define a plurality of channels therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph M. Zachman, Brett Allan Brooks, Patrick M. Griffin, Brian L. Yeagy, David Pickup, Dwaine D. Speer, David P. Kunkel
  • Publication number: 20100096837
    Abstract: A trailer coupler assembly includes a coupler grid plate, a support bracket coupled to the coupler grid plate, and a kingpin coupled to the coupler grid plate and the support bracket. The kingpin is positioned to extend below a bottom surface of the coupler grid plate. The trailer coupler assembly further includes a sacrificial anode coupled to one of the coupler grid plate and the support bracket in order to retard corrosion of one or more of the coupler grid plate, the support bracket, and the kingpin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Inventors: Rodney P. Ehrlich, David P. Kunkel